Are you up to date on what is going on in the ebook/ereader world? Here's a brief rundown:

- Amazon releases the Kindle DX which is large, somewhat unwieldy, and was met with mediocre reviews. In my opinion, it basically just the Kindle 2 on expensive growth hormones: it costs $489. 

- Plastic Logic announces that its ereader, which is due out in 2010, will have a 8.5 x 11 inch touchscreen, ATT 3G wireless connectivity, support the ePub format (via the Barnes & Noble bookstore) and cost around $299.

- Sony will round out its ereader fleet with the 'Digital Reader Daily Edition," the most impressive of the three Sony ereaders. With a 7-inch touchscreen, 3G wireless connectivity, and a $399 price tag, it is sure to give Amazon night sweats. Sony's other two readers will be smaller and less expensive, but will not have the 3G wireless connectivity. 

- Apple, oh Apple. It denies rumors, then it leaks them, then it denies them. . . the rumor mill/blogosphere consensus seems to be that they are coming out with a tablet computer that will support ebooks. . . . we'll see.

If ereader sales are going to reach the expected 30 million/year by 2013, it should follow that the Kindle is going to have some competition. I suppose this argument works better the other way round, but no matter. The world of digital media is poised to explode.

One fact, which I omitted from the above rundown, makes the explosion all the more likely. If you can figure out what it is, let me know. If you can't, tune in for the next post!